Border guards awarded a pensioner from Chernihiv who shot at an hostile plane with a rifle
Yana Osadcha – FRIDAY, 19 AUGUST 2022
A pensioner from Chernihiv, who in March 2022 opened fire on an hostile aircraft, received a medal from the State Border Service.
This was reported in the department.
At the beginning of the war, the occupiers constantly bombed Chernihiv. On 5 March, defenders of the city shot down one of the Russian planes. Pensioner Valeriy Fedorovych was among those who opened fire on the fighter jet.
Hearing a rumble in the sky, he took a gun and started shooting.
"It boomed, jerked, and fell", - this is how a pensioner describes the destruction of a hostile plane.
In memory of the event, the man kept a trophy for himself: a fragment of the downed Su-34.
During the hostilities, Valeriy Fedorovych helped the defenders of the city and peaceful residents. Neighbours with children were hiding in the basement of his house.
When asked if he would join the army if age allowed, the man said:
"Today! I would climb on foot, on all fours!"
For selflessness, our hero received the medal "For assistance in the protection of the state border".
It will be recalled that Serhiy, a National Guardsman, left his career as a model to become a machine gunner in the National Guard.
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